# Ghasmari Village, Nagrakata, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Nagrakata, Jalpaiguri 

# Ghasmari

Ghasmari is a village in Nagrakata sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,687 people in 356 households**, the 27th largest of 33 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 61.3%.

- 1,687people (2011)
- 356households
- 62.8%literacy
- 900females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghasmari

Of every 100 households in Ghasmari in 2011, 7 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ghasmari · ■ Nagrakata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**77%

Tap water ****0%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**93%

Use banking services ****14%**

**34%

Television ****9%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**45%

Own their home ****98%**

**58%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Ghasmari?

■ Ghasmari · ■ Nagrakata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.8%**

**61.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****900**

**986

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1216**

**970

Working population ****39.8%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.9% for men and 55.8% for women. 55% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 130 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 48 (7%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 234 (35%) · **■** Marginal 257 (38%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Nagrakata

- Hridaypur2,516 people
- Chhar Tandu2,257 people
- Kalabari2,193 people
- Uttar Nunkhawa Danga2,017 people
- Upper Tendu Forest1,384 people
- Upar Kalabari1,354 people
- Tandu Tea Garden1,173 people
- Nagrakata356 people

[All 34 villages in Nagrakata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/nagrakata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghasmari?1,687 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghasmari in?Jalpaiguri district (Nagrakata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghasmari?62.8% (Census 2011)